by Laura | Apr 14, 2018 | Brazil, Moving Children, Thailand
As I am writing this blog, I’m at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam waiting to board a plane to Bangkok, Thailand. It’ll be a 17-hour journey with a short layover in China. A long trip, but it’s ok, because I’m on the road again! This will be my third trip, 4th continent...
by Laura | Jan 10, 2018 | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Dance, Uruguay, Yoga
While South America is bathing in the summer sun, I find myself back in cold and cozy Europe reflecting on a beautiful journey through another part of the moving world. The importance of movement is even more clear to me now that I have visited countries where...
by Laura | Nov 29, 2017 | Brazil, Dance, Education, Meditation, Policy
Carefully, Luciana Amaral places three small wooden sticks into a pattern on the floor; one stick points forward, one sideways and the next one in a diagonal line. Twenty pairs of eyes follow her every move intensely. She stands next to her finished figure and...
by Laura | Nov 9, 2017 | Brazil, Dance, Education
The three dancers move beautifully across the stage. Suddenly, I see them coming towards me. I have no idea what will happen, but I know for a fact that I won’t be sitting still for much longer. One of the female dancers grabs my hand and pulls me up from the floor,...
by Laura | Oct 27, 2017 | Brazil, Dance, Education
Taking a flight from New York to São Paulo after spending eight hours on a plane from Amsterdam to New York and nine hours waiting around at the airport is well… how shall I put it… an experience. I was exhausted and had lost feeling in both my legs, shoulders and...
